Natural polysaccharides from algae have gained increasing attention for their biological activities and potential for applications in food, pharmacology, medicine, and biology fields. The study aimed to investigate the effects of the Viscozyme enzyme on the polysaccharide extraction from Sargassum oligocystum algae.

This study investigated the influence of culture media and culture time on the antioxidant and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of the methanol extract obtained from the mycobiont of Graphis handelii. Different culture media, including MIX, PDA, and SAB4%, were employed to culture the mycobiont, and the biomass was harvested during different culture periods (4, 8, and 12 weeks).

Black mulberry is widely used in Vietnam because of its flavor and high nutritional value. This study aimed to examine the impact of pectinase enzyme concentration on the extraction recovery efficiency, total polyphenol content (TPC), anthocyanin content (ACN), antioxidant activity (DPPH), and turbidity of black mulberry juice.

Zingiber Mill. is one of the most diverse genera in Vietnam with 36 recorded species, many of which have been used as traditional medicine to treat several ailments. Reports of studies on Z. nudicarpum D. Fang are relatively scarce. This study aimed to determine the microscopic characteristics, total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of Z. nudicarpum.

Uvaria, a genus within the Annonaceae family, encompasses around 150 species of flowering plants. Uvaria boniana is extensively found throughout Vietnam and is utilized in traditional medicine practices. The aim of this study was to determine the microscopic characteristics and evaluate the antioxidant activity of Uvaria boniana.

Avocado peel has been considered as a potential source of natural antioxidants in which phenolics are among the most important compounds. Therefore, this study aims to optimize the extraction process of phenolics using response surface methodology and evaluate the corresponding antioxidant activity.

The present study was aimed at the determination of microscopic characteristics and chemical compositions as well as evaluating the antioxidant and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activities of A. vietnamica.

Astaxanthin (AST) and pycnogenol (PYC) are natural bioactive compounds commonly used in pharmaceuticals and functional foods due to their highly antioxidant activity and potential health benefits. However, the widespread application of astaxanthin is hindered by its poor water solubility and highly unsaturated structure. In this study, nanoparticles co-delivering astaxanthin and pycnogenol (NAP) were fabricated to enhance the dispersibility, stability, and bioavailability of astaxanthin.

This study aimed to quantify the phenolic contents and the antioxidant capacities of leaf extract powders from three Myrtaceae plants, namely Cleistocalyx operculatus (Vietnamese name: Vối), Psidium guajava (Ổi), and Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Sim), investigate their inhibitive activities on the growth of bacteria isolated from spoiled shrimps, and evaluate their values as preservative agents in the cold storage of Pacific whiteleg shrimps (Penaeus vannamei).

Therefore, the study was undertaken to identify the marker antioxidant enzymes of drought sensitive and drought tolerant wheat cultivars those may be helpful in plant breeding for salt tolerance.

Keeping in view the potential of probiotics and antioxidative properties of herbs, the present study was endeavoured to develop antioxidant-rich herbal lassi using carrot, ginger, and turmeric extract and assess the antioxidant activity of the developed lassi.

Millets are grown expansively in different areas of India as a staple crop to feed a huge section of the inhabitants. In India, its production holds the sixth position after wheat, rice, maize, sorghum and bajra.

A series of semicarbazones, thiosemicarbazones, 1,3,4-oxadiazoles/thiadiazoles bearing pyrazole scaffold were designed and synthesized. All the synthesized new compounds were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, MS and elemental analysis.

A series of novel 5-Bromo-3-iodo-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine linked various sulfonamide derivatives 8a-8j poly functionalized were designed and synthesized in moderate to good yield.

New ruthenium(III) complexes with 3-(Benzothiazol-2-yliminomethyl)-phenol (HL) ligand have been synthesized and characterized with the aid of elemental analysis, IR, electronic, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic techniques.

This study investigated the enzymatic function of two putative plant GPXs, GPXle1 from Lycopersicon esculentum and GPXha2 from Helianthus annuus, which show sequence identities with the mammalian phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHGPX). Both purified recombinant proteins expressed in Escherichia coli show PHGPX activity by reducing alkyl, fatty acid and phospholipid hydroperoxides but not hydrogen peroxide in the presence of glutathione.

Antioxidant protein 2 (AOP2) is a member of a family of thiol-specific antioxidants, recently renamedperoxiredoxins, that evolvedas part of anelaborate systemtocounteract and control detrimental effects of oxygen radicals. AOP2 is found in endothelial cells, erythrocytes, monocytes, T andB cells, but not in granulocytes. AOP2 was found solely in the cytoplasm and was not associated with the nuclear or membrane fractions; neither was it detectable in plasma. Further experiments focused on the function of AOP2 in erythrocytes where it is closely associated with the hemo-globin complex, particularlywith theheme....

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are products of normal metabolic activities and are thought to be the cause of many diseases. A selenium-containing single-chain abzyme 2F3 (Se-2F3-scFv) that imitates glutathione peroxidase has been produced which has the capacity to remove ROS. To evaluate the antioxidant ability of Se-2F3-scFv, we con-structeda ferrous sulfate/ascorbate (Vc/Fe 2+ )-inducedmito-chondrial damage model system and investigated the capacity of Se-2F3-scFv to protect mitochondria from oxi-dative damage. Se-2F3-scFv markedly decreased mito-chondrial swelling, inhibited lipid peroxidation, and maintained the activity of cytochromecoxidase, in com-parison with Ebselen, a well-studied glutathione peroxidase mimic, indicating that Se-2F3-scFvhas potential for treating diseases mediated by ROS....

Leucine zipper-bearing kinase (LZK) is a novel member of themixed lineage kinase (MLK) family [Sakuma, H., Ikeda, A.,Oka,S.,Kozutsumi,Y.,Zanetta,J.P., andKawasaki, T. (1997)J. Biol.Chem.272, 28622–28629].Wehavepreviously shown that LZK activates the c-Jun-NH2terminal kinase (JNK) pathway, but not the extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK) pathway, by acting as a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) [Ikeda, A., Hasegawa, K., Masaki, M., Moriguchi, T., Nishida, E., Kozutsumi, Y., Oka, S., and Kawasaki, T. (2001)J. Bio-chem.130, 773–781]....

Oxidative stress and imbalance between free radical generation and detoxi-fication may play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). Mitochondria, carrying the homoplasmic 11778⁄ND4, 3460⁄ND1 and 14484⁄ND6 mtDNA point mutations associ-ated with LHON, were used to generate osteosarcoma-derived cybrids. Enhanced mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species has recently been demonstrated in these cybrids [Beretta S, Mattavelli L, Sala G, Trem-olizzo L, Schapira AHV, Martinuzzi A, Carelli V & Ferrarese C (2004) Brain127, 2183–2192]. ...